בעל

Etymology 1
From.

Pronunciation




Noun

 * 1) master, owner
 * 2) husband, male spouse

Noun

 * 1) lord, idol

Usage notes

 * To avoid any ambiguity or hint of sexism, many modern speakers keep the two senses of strictly distinct as follows:
 * When has the sense of husband, it is inflected to indicate a possessor. In the case that its possessor is not a personal pronoun, this produces some redundancy; for example, "Miriam's husband" is translated as, which literally means "her-husband of Miriam". (This sort of construction can occur with other nouns as well, but usually only in more formal contexts.)
 * When has the sense of owner, it is seldom so inflected.
 * However, some speakers do consider it sexist to use with the sense of husband at all, instead preferring the word, as it is more directly analogous to the word.

Proper noun

 * 1) Baal Canaanite deity

Adjective

 * 1)  having, possessing, (endowed) with (plus a nomen rectum, or  in Hebrew)

Usage notes

 * This word can only be used as an adjective in the construct state— in Hebrew—where is the inflected  and is followed by another noun, the  (also known to linguistics in general as the nomen rectum).  Together, and following another noun, this construct can thus function as an adjective with the meaning of "having/possessing/(endowed) with noun", where noun is the second part of the construction, the  or nomen rectum. For an example of how this works, see the usage example provided above.
 * Unlike standard Hebrew adjectives, in such constructs is not declined in the same simple way, according to only the grammatical gender and number of the noun it modifies, nor does it carry its definiteness. Rather,  in such usage never receives a definite article, even when modifying a definite noun, and it is always inflected in the construct form unique to Hebrew nouns, with the grammatical gender and number of the noun it modifies. The usage example provided above shows use with a masculine plural definite noun, to elucidate these important differences.  In this example, the word  carries the grammatical gender and number of the noun it modifies,, but it is inflected in the construct form and has not inherited the definite article of האנשים.

Etymology 2
Verbal form related to the above noun.

Verb

 * 1)  to have sexual intercourse